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Post number 15014

modge — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:31:02 -0800

Afghanistan looks at itself:

Q: So if I brought you free films but they weren't about fighting, would you show them?
A: No.

A moving photo-essay on rebuilding Afghanistan's media sources.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:01:45 -0800

cool pix, thanks! i like these guys :) kinda reminds me of underground...

By: Tiger_Lily

Tiger_Lily — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:28:18 -0800

Thanks for the link! I'm very interested in post-war Afghanistan stabilization and social stability issues. I just hope we can do right be those people from beginning to end.

By: sheauga

sheauga — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:10:13 -0800

A man who worked in City Hall in Vienna told me that movies were intentionally cheap and plentiful after WWII, because it was a good way to keep people warm and entertained for a few hours! Hope everyone in Kabul gets to make up for lost time and enjoy some healthy escapism.

By: justlooking

justlooking — Fri, 22 Feb 2002 20:08:47 -0800

Awesome! Thanks. I hope they make it this time .....

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:43:44 -0800

(Or, capitalist conspiracy theories aside, people were interested in being warm and entertained, yet poor, which by the laws of supply and demand made movies cheap.)